Sake ingredients
You only need four ingredients to make sake, but picking those ingredients carefully is crucial, because each has an impact on the final product you get to...
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You only need four ingredients to make sake, but picking those ingredients carefully is crucial, because each has an impact on the final product you get to enjoy.
In this lesson, sake sommelier and brewer Yoshihiro Sako explains why picking rice, water and yeast carefully makes a difference – and why koji is the most important part of the recipe.
What you'll learn in the Sake ingredients lesson
- The ingredients in sake
- The difference between Yamada Nishiki and Gohyakumangoku rice
- The impact of soft water and hard water on sake brewing
Instructor

Yoshihiro Sako is a sake sommelier and the Director of Sake at San Francisco's Yuzuki Japanese Eatery, a restaurant renowned for using traditional methods of cooking and recipes passed down through generations. In his role as sommelier, Yoshihiro...
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